to date FORMAL
up to the present time

• This novel is his best work to date.

date - appuntamento

noun [C]
1 a social meeting planned in advance, such as one between two people who are or might become sexual partners:
• He's asked her out on a date.
• She has a hot date (= an exciting meeting) tonight.

to date

verb [T] - datare qlc
1 to say how long something has existed or when it was made:
• Archaeologists have been unable to date these fossils.
• An antique dealer had dated the vase at (= said that it was made in) 1734.

2 to write the day's date on something you have written or made:
• [+ object + noun] Thank you for your letter dated August 30th.

3. to regularly spend time with someone you have a romantic relationship with:
• They were dating for five years before they got married.
• How long have you been dating Nicky?

4. to stop being fashionable or become old-fashioned, or to show the age of a person or thing:
• Some James Bond films have dated more quickly than others.
• I can remember watching live TV coverage of the first lunar landing, so that dates me (= shows how old I am).

dated
•adjective
old-fashioned
• Spy thrillers with plots based on the Cold War look particularly dated nowadays.

best-before date: data di scadenza
sell-by date: data oltre il quale un prodotto non può essere venduto
out-of-date: scaduto
up-to-date. aggiornato

Date from the second decade of the 17th century (datato, che risale a)
To date smt To the years after 1610 (fare risalire qualcosa agli anni immediatamente successivi il 1610, datare qualcosa dagli anni...)
To date from the years toward 1620 (dal 1620 circa; attorno al 1620)